Table 1.
Summary statistics for long-stay NH residents with and without ADRD, before and after the launch of the National Partnership
| Variable | ADRD | Non-ADRD | Difference in pre-post changes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre | post | Change+ | pre | post | Change | ||
| (n=87,827) | (n=243,293) | (n=57,507) | (n=177,258) | ||||
| All-cause NH originated hospitalization | 18.7% | 17.5% | −1.2%*** | 22.3% | 20.3% | −2.0%*** | 0.8%*** |
| Socio-demographics | |||||||
| Age | 84.62 | 84.57 | −0.05 | 82.85 | 82.53 | −0.32*** | 0.27*** |
| Male | 30.1% | 31.0% | 0.9%*** | 33.2% | 35.0% | 1.8%*** | −0.9%*** |
| Race | *** | *** | |||||
| white | 83.8% | 83.5% | −0.3% | 83.3% | 82.8% | −0.5% | −0.1% |
| black | 8.4% | 8.4% | 0.0% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| other | 7.8% | 8.1% | 0.3% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Medicare-Medicaid dual status | 43.5% | 42.7% | −0.8%*** | 45.6% | 43.5% | −2.1%*** | 1.3%*** |
| Post-acute care | 55.5% | 56.9% | 1.3%*** | 65.1% | 67.8% | 2.8%*** | −1.5%*** |
| Functional Status | |||||||
| ADL | 16.00 | 16.34 | 0.34*** | 15.13 | 15.51 | 0.39*** | −0.05 |
| CFS | *** | *** | ** | ||||
| Intact | 12.0% | 12.3% | 0.3% | 50.4% | 51.9% | 1.5% | −1.2% |
| Mild | 23.1% | 23.3% | 0.2% | 28.8% | 27.7% | −1.0% | 1.1% |
| Moderate | 52.5% | 52.2% | −0.3% | 18.0% | 17.4% | −0.7% | 0.3% |
| Severe | 12.4% | 12.2% | −0.2% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 0.2% | −0.2% |
| ABS category | *** | *** | *** | ||||
| None | 76.8% | 77.5% | 0.7% | 90.5% | 90.7% | −0.2% | 0.7% |
| Moderate | 14.5% | 14.6% | 0.1% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 0.2% | −0.1% |
| Severe | 6.6% | 6.2% | −0.4% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | −0.2% |
| Very severe | 2.1% | 1.7% | −0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | −0.3% |
| Major Diagnoses | |||||||
| Hypertension | 78.1% | 78.9% | 0.8%*** | 81.9% | 82.7% | 0.7%*** | 0.1% |
| Diabetes | 25.9% | 26.1% | 0.3% | 34.6% | 34.9% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Heart failure | 18.9% | 18.4% | −0.5%*** | 27.9% | 27.0% | −0.9%*** | 0.4% |
| CAD | 23.1% | 23.3% | 0.1% | 26.0% | 25.5% | −0.5%** | 0.6%** |
| PVD | 5.5% | 7.8% | 2.3%*** | 8.0% | 10.4% | 2.4%*** | −0.1% |
| Asthma/COPD | 17.5% | 17.4% | −0.1% | 25.3% | 25.4% | 0.05% | −0.2% |
| Stroke | 16.0% | 15.4% | −0.7%*** | 21.9% | 20.6% | −1.3%*** | 0.6%** |
| Anxiety | 28.3% | 30.7% | 2.4%*** | 23.3% | 24.4% | 1.1%*** | 1.3%*** |
| Depression | 48.3% | 47.8% | −0.5%*** | 41.8% | 40.8% | −1.0%*** | 0.5% |
| UTI | 29.1% | 26.6% | −2.5%*** | 29.1% | 26.7% | −2.4%*** | −0.1% |
| Septicemia | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2%*** | 1.7% | 2.0% | 0.3%*** | −0.1% |
| Pneumonia | 9.9% | 9.9% | 0.05% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 0.3%** | −0.2% |
| Dehydration | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.03%** | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.04%** | −0.0% |
**
p<0.05
***
p<0.01
NOTE: NH (nursing home); ADL (activities of daily living); CFS (cognitive function scale); ABS (aggressive behavior scale); CAD (Coronary artery disease); PVD (Peripheral Vascular Disease); COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), UTI (urinary tract infection)